'Grounded in Love' is about family, faith, and love

Category: Television and Streaming

Danica McKellar and Trevor Donovan star in the new original movie from Great American Family.  McKellar plays Annie, an International flight attendant who left her family’s Kentucky farm after high school to pursue her love of travel.  Donovan is Jake, Annie’s high school boyfriend who had left the farm to pursue his dream of opening a farm-to-table restaurant in Cincinnati however he returned to Kentucky because that is where is home is and where his heart is as well.

After Annie loses her job she returns to her home where her grandmother has been keeping up the family farm. Once there Annie begins to regain her love of the land and her history, and she reconnects with Jake who has been working on his family’s farm while leasing some of Annie’s family’s land for his cattle. The two begin reuniting but they cannot start where they left off. After all, there has been too many years between them and too many changes.

Jake has left the city life for the slower, homier life in the country, and Annie is hoping her stay in the country is only temporary while she waits to get rehired by the airline. But slowly she begins to feel more connected to the farm and to the country life. When she first arrived she was not sure how she would fit into the slower pace of the country but it wasn’t long before she found where her heart belonged.

There are many religious aspects of this film as prayer lends itself into many of the situations that arise. The movie is rooted (no pun intended) in the Christian values of the South and Annie, who has been jet-setting around the world, has forgotten about religion for years. But now she resets her life and her values and joins in with the community, with surprising results.

Annie realizes what is most important in life, and that is home, family, family history, faith, and love.

McKellar and Donovan are a perfect match and well- placed in this heartening story of finding one’s place in the world.

Grounded in Love premieres  August 7 on Great American Pure Flix and  September 27, 2025 on Great America Family.

About the Author

Francine Brokaw has been covering all aspects of the entertainment industry for over 30 years. She also writes about products and travel. She has been published in national and international newspapers and magazines as well as Internet websites. She has written her own book, Beyond the Red Carpet The World of Entertainment Journalists, is the entertainment correspondent for Good Day Orange County, and has her own TV show, Beyond the Red Carpet, on Village Television in Orange County. She is a longstanding member of the Television Critics Association and is accredited by the MPAA.

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